29 July, 2016

Finally travel directly from New Jersey to Long Island!

New Jersey and Long Island are separated by 5 km of water, the Upper Hudson Bay. Currently there is no link directly between them, and travellers have to either go through Manhattan or Staten Island to reach Long Island, both of which contain old and overclogged bridges.

To redeem the problem, I layed out a possible tunnel connecting Interstate 78 in NJ with Interstate 278 in western Brooklyn. In addition, Interstate 278 will become double deck in this area, and the Newark Bay Bridge of Interstate 78 will be twinned, to cope with the added traffic. I think all of this is needed to use the tunnel's capacity to its full advantage, so that its benefit to the region would be maximised.

By: Atharv Gupte